Toni Tennille
| Toni Tennille | |
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 Tennille in 1976. |
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| Birth name | Cathryn Antoinette Tennille |
| Born | May 8, 1940 Montgomery, Alabama, USA |
Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille (born May 8, 1940) is one-half of the 1970s Grammy Award-winning duo Captain & Tennille.[1] Tennille has also done musical work independently of her husband Daryl Dragon. Tennille has a contralto vocal range.[2]
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Biography [edit]
Tennille was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, as part of a family of entertainers. Her father, Frank Tennille, who used the pseudonym Clark Randall, was a big band singer with Bob Crosby and the Bobcats and her mother, Cathryn Tennille, was a local television pioneer, being the hostess of Montgomery’s first daytime TV talk show. Tennille's musical sisters, Jane, Louisa, and Melissa, all sang on her variety TV shows, as well as on the Captain & Tennille albums. Tennille began her career studying classical piano at Auburn University and singing with the university's big band, the Auburn Knights. Her sister, Louisa Tennille, is the background singer in her band.
Tennille sang backup vocals on Pink Floyd's The Wall as well as Art Garfunkel's Breakaway. She also did backup singing for Elton John's recordings: performing on at least three John albums, including Caribou, Blue Moves, 21 at 33 and most notably on the song, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me".
On July 8, 1980, Tennille sang the national anthem at the Major League Baseball All-Star game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.[3]
Tennille is 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) tall. She married her first husband Kenneth Shearer in June 1962 at the age of 22. They divorced in late 1972. She then married Daryl Dragon on 11 November 1975; they now live in Prescott, Arizona.
Tennille toured with The Beach Boys during the 1970s with Daryl Dragon, both playing keyboards for the group.
Education [edit]
Tennille graduated from Sidney Lanier High School and Auburn University in Alabama.
References [edit]
- ^ IMDB (2008-02-07). "Biography for Toni Tennille". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
- ^ "Captain & Tennille - News / Latest & Archived". Captainandtennille.net. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ World's Strangest Baseball Stories. Watermill Press. 1993. p. 42. ISBN 0-8167-2933-6.
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